Fire-kindling device



F. LYNES.

FIRE KINDL'ING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.6. 1920.

Patented Dec. 27, 1921.

WITNESSES UidiTEfi ST FIRE-KINDLING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 27, 1921.

Application filed August 6, 1920. Serial No. 401,669.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED LYNE a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Johnstown, in the county of Fulton and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Fire-Kindling Device, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact de scription.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in fire-kindling devices.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a device which in its entirety is an article of manufacture, and in which all of the several parts are formed from combustible material capable of complete consumption in the presence of fire.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which is cheap in manufacture and construction.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device which is capable of use in the fire-box of any of the ordinary types of stoves, furnaces, or house heating boilers.

Reference is made to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which like characters indicate corresponding parts in both the figures, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device partly broken away;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the device comprises a box-like memher, which is preferably rectangular in form, said. member having a top wall 5, end walls 6. side walls 7, and a bottom wall 8. As shown in Fig. 1, the topv wall 5 is provided with a plurality of spaced openings 9, which are preferably circular in form. These openings 9 are arranged in sets of three, each set being disposed adjacent the side edges of said top wall.

Each of the end walls 6 is provided with a centrally arranged opening 10, and the side walls 7 are each provided with three openings 11 arranged in longitudinal alinement centrally of the transverse dimension of said wall. The bottom wall 8 is provided with two openings 12 near each of its ends, and centrally of said bottom wall there is an opening 13.

Each of the openings 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 is substantially circular in form, and passes entirely through the respective wall in which it is located. it will also be noticed that this peculiar arrangement of the openings 9 to 13, inclusive, permits of a free circulation of air throughout the entire interior of the receptacle, this result being due to the spaced relation of said openings with one another.

Within the box-like member 5 but not completely filling the same, is placed an inflammable material 14, in the form of chemically treated excelsior, or other suitable wood shavings wrapped in paper 14,. Centrally disposed in said member 5, there is provided a filling 15 of charcoal, and proj ecting through the centrally-arranged opening 13 in the bottom wall 8 of the member 5, is a fuse or wick 16, which is treated with suitable chemicals such as wax to render the same highly inflammable.

The box-like structure 5 is formed of inflammable material, preferably cardboard. The filling 15 of charcoal together with the excelsior 14, are placed within the box through one of the sides or ends, as the case may be, which is later closed and sealed in any desired manner. After this has been accomplished, the fuse or wick 16 is inserted through the centrally-arranged opening 13 in the bottom wall 8, and is projected upwardly through the excelsior 14 and into contact with the charcoal filling 15.- To prevent the smaller particles of charcoal. or charcoal dust sifting through the several openings 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13, the entire structure is suitably wrapped with paper or other covering material 17.

When it is desired to use the fire kindler,

the wrapping 17 is removed from the entire box, leaving all draft openings exposed, thus permitting of a free circulation of air to produce the necessary draft.

The device is now placed in the fire-box of the stove in which it is intended for use, with the fuse or wick 16 preferably projec ing down through the grate into the ash compartment of said stove. If, now, the fuse wick 16 be lighted, it will be seen that as it burns, the inflammable excelsior or shavings 14 will readily ignite, and owing to the natural draft, which is in no way interrupted, the excelsior in turn lights the charcoal 15.

This device may be used by itself when it is desired to generate only a small quantity of heat, or it may be used in connection with coal or other fuel for the purpose of starting a re.

By this construction, it will be seen that the present invention provides a device'in which all of the several parts are entirely consumable in the presence of fire, thus eliminating the debris attending devices of this character which employ metal receptacles. Furthermore, the constructing of the receptacle of cardboard materially cheapens the manufacture of the completed article, and yet when considered in connection with the paper wrapping, makes the device capable of transportation without impairing its subsequent operation.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is A fire kindler comprising a receptacle acoaeee formed of inflammable material, a packing for said receptacle, said packing consisting of materials of difierent character, one of which is of highly inflammable nature, a wrapper for inclosin said highly inflammable material, the ot er material comprising charcoal loosely packed within ,the firstmentioned receptacle, and a fuse for igniting the highly inflammable material, said highly inflammable material serving to subsequently light the charcoal, substantially as described.

ram) LYNES. 

